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I, cc. 91, 92; 2023, c. 450.","full_text":"The landlord shall:\n\n1\n\nComply with applicable laws governing health, zoning, safety, and other matters pertaining to manufactured home parks;2\n\nMake all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the manufactured home park in a fit and habitable condition, including maintaining in a clean and safe condition all facilities and common areas provided by the landlord for use by the tenants of two or more manufactured home lots;3\n\nMaintain in good and working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and other facilities and appliances supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;4\n\nProvide and maintain appropriate receptacles as a manufactured home park facility, except when door-to-door garbage and waste pickup is available within the manufactured home park for the collection and storage of garbage and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the manufactured home park, and arrange for the removal of the garbage and other waste;5\n\nProvide reasonable access to electric, water, and sewage disposal connections for each manufactured home lot. In the event of a planned disruption by the landlord in electric, water, or sewage disposal services, the landlord shall give written notice to tenants no less than 48 hours prior to the planned disruption in service; and6\n\nProvide a copy of any written rental agreement and the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities to the tenant within one month of the effective date of the written rental agreement. The parties to a written rental agreement shall sign the form developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and posted on its website pursuant to § 36-139 acknowledging that the tenant has received from the landlord the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities. If a tenant fails to sign the form available pursuant to this subsection, the landlord shall record the date or dates on which he provided the form to the tenant and the fact that the tenant failed to sign such form. Subsequent to the effective date of the tenancy, a landlord may, but shall not be required to, provide a tenant with and allow such tenant an opportunity to sign the form described pursuant to this subsection. The failure of the landlord to deliver such a rental agreement and statement shall not affect the validity of the agreement. However, the landlord shall not file or maintain an action, including any summons for unlawful detainer, against the tenant in a court of law for any alleged lease violation until he has provided the tenant with the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":227573,"text":"The landlord shall:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":227574,"text":"Comply with applicable laws governing health, zoning, safety, and other matters pertaining to manufactured home parks;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":227575,"text":"Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the manufactured home park in a fit and habitable condition, including maintaining in a clean and safe condition all facilities and common areas provided by the landlord for use by the tenants of two or more manufactured home lots;","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1","next_prefix":"3"},"3":{"id":227576,"text":"Maintain in good and working order and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and other facilities and appliances supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;","type":"section","prefixes":["3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"3","prefix_anchor":"3","level":1,"prior_prefix":"2","next_prefix":"4"},"4":{"id":227577,"text":"Provide and maintain appropriate receptacles as a manufactured home park facility, except when door-to-door garbage and waste pickup is available within the manufactured home park for the collection and storage of garbage and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the manufactured home park, and arrange for the removal of the garbage and other waste;","type":"section","prefixes":["4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"4","prefix_anchor":"4","level":1,"prior_prefix":"3","next_prefix":"5"},"5":{"id":227578,"text":"Provide reasonable access to electric, water, and sewage disposal connections for each manufactured home lot. In the event of a planned disruption by the landlord in electric, water, or sewage disposal services, the landlord shall give written notice to tenants no less than 48 hours prior to the planned disruption in service; and","type":"section","prefixes":["5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"5","prefix_anchor":"5","level":1,"prior_prefix":"4","next_prefix":"6"},"6":{"id":227579,"text":"Provide a copy of any written rental agreement and the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities to the tenant within one month of the effective date of the written rental agreement. The parties to a written rental agreement shall sign the form developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and posted on its website pursuant to § 36-139 acknowledging that the tenant has received from the landlord the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities. If a tenant fails to sign the form available pursuant to this subsection, the landlord shall record the date or dates on which he provided the form to the tenant and the fact that the tenant failed to sign such form. Subsequent to the effective date of the tenancy, a landlord may, but shall not be required to, provide a tenant with and allow such tenant an opportunity to sign the form described pursuant to this subsection. The failure of the landlord to deliver such a rental agreement and statement shall not affect the validity of the agreement. However, the landlord shall not file or maintain an action, including any summons for unlawful detainer, against the tenant in a court of law for any alleged lease violation until he has provided the tenant with the statement of tenant rights and responsibilities.","type":"section","prefixes":["6"],"prefix":"6","entire_prefix":"6","prefix_anchor":"6","level":1,"prior_prefix":"5"}},"ancestry":[{"id":15804,"edition_id":1,"name":"Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act","identifier":"13","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13073,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:59:48","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:59:48","permalink":{"id":246181,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15804,"identifier":"13","token":"55.1\/III\/13","url":"\/55.1\/III\/13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13073,"edition_id":1,"name":"Rental Conveyances","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12707,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:14","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:14","permalink":{"id":245883,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13073,"identifier":"III","token":"55.1\/III","url":"\/55.1\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12707,"edition_id":1,"name":"Property and Conveyances","identifier":"55.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:49","permalink":{"id":244769,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12707,"identifier":"55.1","token":"55.1","url":"\/55.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":74299,"structure_id":15804,"section_number":"55.1-1300","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/55.1-1300\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1300","metadata":false},{"id":72603,"structure_id":15804,"section_number":"55.1-1301","catch_line":"Written rental agreement required","url":"\/55.1-1301\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1301","metadata":false},{"id":77211,"structure_id":15804,"section_number":"55.1-1302","catch_line":"Term of rental agreement; 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This law was first created in 1975. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 535 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1975 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 709; in 2001, chapter 44<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>; in 2023, chapter 450<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62273,"section_number":"36-139","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-139\/"},{"id":62367,"section_number":"55.1-1312","catch_line":"Authority of local governments over manufactured home parks","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1312\/"},{"id":64757,"section_number":"55.1-1318","catch_line":"Penalties for violation of chapter","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-1318\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":62273,"section_number":"36-139","catch_line":"Powers and duties of Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-139\/"}],"permalink":{"id":246195,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62407,"identifier":"55.1-1303","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1303","url":"\/55.1-1303\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-1303\/","token":"55.1\/III\/13\/55.1-1303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Landlord’s obligations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-1303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The landlord<\/span> shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Comply with applicable laws<\/span> governing health, zoning, safety, and other matters pertaining to manufactured home parks<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the manufactured home park<\/span> in a fit and habitable condition, including maintaining in a clean and safe condition all facilities and common areas provided by the landlord<\/span> for use by the tenants<\/span> of two or more manufactured home lots<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Maintain in good and working order<\/span> and condition all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and other facilities and appliances supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Provide and maintain appropriate receptacles as a manufactured home park<\/span> facility, except when door-to-door garbage and waste pickup is available within the manufactured home park<\/span> for the collection and storage of garbage and other waste incidental to the occupancy of the manufactured home park<\/span>, and arrange for the removal of the garbage and other waste; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Provide reasonable access to electric, water, and sewage disposal connections for each manufactured home lot<\/span>. In the event of a planned disruption by the landlord<\/span> in electric, water, or sewage disposal services, the landlord<\/span> shall give written notice to tenants<\/span> no less than 48 hours prior to the planned disruption in service; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Provide a copy of any written rental agreement<\/span> and the statement of tenant<\/span> rights and responsibilities to the tenant<\/span> within one month of the effective date of the written rental agreement<\/span>. The parties to a written rental agreement<\/span> shall sign the form developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development and posted on its website pursuant to § 36-139<\/a> acknowledging that the tenant<\/span> has received from the landlord<\/span> the statement of tenant<\/span> rights and responsibilities. If a tenant<\/span> fails to sign the form available pursuant to this subsection, the landlord<\/span> shall record the date or dates on which he provided the form to the tenant<\/span> and the fact<\/span> that the tenant<\/span> failed to sign such form. Subsequent to the effective date of the tenancy, a landlord<\/span> may, but shall not be required to, provide a tenant<\/span> with and allow such tenant<\/span> an opportunity to sign the form described pursuant to this subsection. The failure of the landlord<\/span> to deliver such a rental agreement<\/span> and statement shall not affect the validity of the agreement. However, the landlord<\/span> shall not file or maintain an action, including any summons<\/span> for unlawful detainer<\/span>, against the tenant<\/span> in a court<\/span> of law<\/span> for any alleged lease violation until he has provided the tenant<\/span> with the statement of tenant<\/span> rights and responsibilities. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLANDLORD’S OBLIGATIONS (\u00a7 55.1-1303)\n\nThe landlord shall:\n\n1. Comply with applicable laws governing health, zoning, safety, and other\nmatters pertaining to manufactured home parks;\n\n2. Make all repairs and do whatever is necessary to put and keep the\nmanufactured home park in a fit and habitable condition, including maintaining\nin a clean and safe condition all facilities and common areas provided by the\nlandlord for use by the tenants of two or more manufactured home lots;\n\n3. Maintain in good and working order and condition all electrical, plumbing,\nsanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and other facilities and\nappliances supplied or required to be supplied by the landlord;\n\n4. Provide and maintain appropriate receptacles as a manufactured home park\nfacility, except when door-to-door garbage and waste pickup is available within\nthe manufactured home park for the collection and storage of garbage and other\nwaste incidental to the occupancy of the manufactured home park, and arrange for\nthe removal of the garbage and other waste;\n\n5. Provide reasonable access to electric, water, and sewage disposal connections\nfor each manufactured home lot. In the event of a planned disruption by the\nlandlord in electric, water, or sewage disposal services, the landlord shall\ngive written notice to tenants no less than 48 hours prior to the planned\ndisruption in service; and\n\n6. Provide a copy of any written rental agreement and the statement of tenant\nrights and responsibilities to the tenant within one month of the effective date\nof the written rental agreement. The parties to a written rental agreement shall\nsign the form developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development\nand posted on its website pursuant to § 36-139 acknowledging that the\ntenant has received from the landlord the statement of tenant rights and\nresponsibilities. If a tenant fails to sign the form available pursuant to this\nsubsection, the landlord shall record the date or dates on which he provided the\nform to the tenant and the fact that the tenant failed to sign such form.\nSubsequent to the effective date of the tenancy, a landlord may, but shall not\nbe required to, provide a tenant with and allow such tenant an opportunity to\nsign the form described pursuant to this subsection. The failure of the landlord\nto deliver such a rental agreement and statement shall not affect the validity\nof the agreement. However, the landlord shall not file or maintain an action,\nincluding any summons for unlawful detainer, against the tenant in a court of\nlaw for any alleged lease violation until he has provided the tenant with the\nstatement of tenant rights and responsibilities.\n\nHISTORY: 1975, c. 535, \u00a7 55-248.43; 1992, c. 709; 2001, c. 44; 2019, c. 712;\n2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 91, 92; 2023, c. 450.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}